Table 1 Characteristics of patients on maintenance dialysis in selected years between 2000 and 2007 by presence versus absence of ICH
Characteristics | 2000 | 2004 | 2007 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | No ICH n = 34282 | ICH n = 230 | No ICH n = 47555 | ICH n = 289 | No ICH n = 56921 | ICH n = 340 |
No. (%) | ||||||
Age (mean ± SD), y | 57.3 ± 14.5 | 58.9 ± 12 | 59.1 ± 14.1 | 58.6 ± 12.5 | 60.7 ± 13.9 | 60.7 ± 11.9 |
Female | 18303 (53.4) | 107 (46.5) | 25598 (53.8) | 120 (41.5) | 30186 (53.0) | 155 (45.6) |
Dialysis modality | ||||||
 Hemodialysis | 32340 (94.3) | 224 (97.4) | 44408 (93.4) | 279 (96.5) | 52569 (92.4) | 320 (94.1) |
 Peritoneal dialysis | 1942 (5.7) | 6 (2.6) | 2147 (6.6) | 10 (3.5) | 4352 (7.6) | 20 (5.9) |
 ICH in-hospital days |  | 11.2 (±15.9) |  | 10.9 (±11.3) |  | 13.2 (±15.2) |
Comorbid conditions | ||||||
 Hypertension | 17192 (50.1) | 143 (62.2) | 25044 (52.7) | 170 (58.8) | 33072 (58.1) | 238 (70.0) |
 Diabetes | 11356 (33.1) | 101 (43.9) | 15897 (33.4) | 118 (40.8) | 21559 (37.9) | 166 (48.8) |
 Chronic liver disease | 7528 (21.9) | 26 (11.3) | 11902 (25.0) | 59 (20.4) | 14203 (24.9) | 91 (26.8) |
 Coronary artery disease | 6252 (18.3) | 48 (20.9) | 9290 (19.6) | 67 (23.2) | 12355 (21.7) | 88 (25.9) |
 Heart failure | 3795 (11.1) | 33 (14.3) | 5734 (12.1) | 34 (11.8) | 7300 (12.8) | 46 (13.5) |
 Prior stroke | 3153 (9.3) | 44 (19.1) | 4633 (9.8) | 63 (21.8) | 5815 (10.3) | 91 (26.8) |
 Chronic lung disease | 3021 (8.8) | 19 (8.3) | 3878 (8.2) | 24 (8.3) | 4209 (7.4) | 21 (6.2) |
 Peripheral artery disease | 1858 (5.4) | 11 (4.8) | 1621 (3.4) | 9 (3.1) | 2803 (4.9) | 27 (8.7) |
 Cancer | 1116 (3.2) | 2 (0.9) | 2752 (5.8) | 13 (4.5) | 4150 (7.3) | 21 (6.2) |